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To expand on this. How do you decide when it is appropriate for euthanasia? Is it only for terminal patients? Patients with chronic incurable diseases? What abo
by haldujai 13y ago
To expand on this. How do you decide when it is appropriate for euthanasia? Is it only for terminal patients? Patients with chronic incurable diseases? What about people with Huntington's and are otherwise healthy? Are depressed people who can't bring themselves to commit suicide afforded access to physician assisted suicide? If a demented patient had previously requested not to be killed earlier, but now in their demented state the family, who are now responsible for all medical decisions, request it. What do we do?
- marquis 13y agoBase it on a system that is already working: http://www.patientsrightscouncil.org/site/holland-background/ http://www.patientsrightscouncil.org/site/holland-background... EDIT: oh dear, I did not read the rest of this article. It is actually vehemently opposed to Euthanasia and quite interesting (though very biased). "The study found that, in spite of the fact that medical care is provided to everyone in Holland, palliative care (comfort care) programs, with adequate pain control techniques and knowledge, were poorly developed" That is ridiculous. I spent hours with a friend recently receiving the most extraordinary palliative care, in his own home, before deciding to euthanize (fortunately he died the day earlier).
- darkarmani 13y agoHow do you decide when it is appropriate for the police to use lethal force? I think you've fallen into the trap that the world should only implement perfect solutions.